Jeremiah 33:5-7

Contemporary English Version

^4-5 Many of the houses in Jerusalem and some of the buildings at the royal palace have been torn down to be used in repairing the walls to keep out the Babylonian attackers.^[a] Now there are empty spaces where the buildings once stood. But I am furious, and these spaces will be filled with the bodies of the people I kill. The people of Jerusalem will cry out to me for help, but they are evil, and I will ignore their prayers.

⁶ Then someday, I will heal this place and my people as well, and let them enjoy unending peace.^{[b] 7} I will give this land to Israel and Judah once again, and I will make them as strong as they were before.